PROFESSIONAL SUMMARY:

• Proven IT Professional with over 20 years experience in all aspects of Corporate Systems development, implementation and support.
• Specializing in HR and Confidential ERP package implementation and support, with expertise in PeopleSoft HCM/HRMS products.
• HR Systems experience also includes SAP, Oracle, Ultimate Software and internally developed systems over a 17 year period.
• Confidential and Time and Labor systems experience with ADP, ProBusiness, Kronos, SAP, PeopleSoft and Cyborg products over a ten year period.
• Project Management experience of over 12 years implementing global, enterprise - wide HR and Confidential systems and related projects for medium to large diverse and dynamic organizations.
• Proven PM experience in a variety of methodologies, including traditional waterfall and agile approaches, as well as organization specific models.
• Over ten years of staff and department management of HRIS and IT development and support organizations in multiple industries.
• Experience managing off-shore development teams, projects and support models.
• Over seven years of IT contract work performing Project Management and Business Systems Analyst roles.
• Specialty areas also include HR and Confidential interface design and implementation, HR data integration, and custom HR application design and deployment.
• Flexible and adaptive resource capable of quick integration into a variety of roles to deliver value to any organization or project.

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:

Confidential, Golden, Colorado

HRIS Manager

Responsibilities:

• Performed HRIS manager role in Corporate Headquarters.
• Managed staff with one direct report and matrixed project resources.
• Served matrixed customers across HR functional groups and Confidential team.
• Managed functional ownership of PeopleSoft HR/HCM 9.0 system.
• The HR system supported a heavy transaction based operation, with a volume of over 1500 transactions processed each month.
• Owned canvassing of projects and priority setting.
• Led joint functional / technical meetings for review of IT work and setting of system priorities.
• These priorities were a mix between new project work, maintenance, and ad hoc work on the production system.
• Performed project management duties on projects supporting the functional aspects of the business.
• Oversaw and participated in all aspects of system development life cycle regarding PeopleSoft work.
• Performed Project Management, Business Analysis, Business Integration and general IT consulting services on a contract basis for a variety of companies.

Confidential, San Mateo, California

Senior IT Manager

Responsibilities:

• Managed staff of 14 direct reports including an off-shore development component. Provided hands on guidance to staff Project Managers and developers in daily support of development projects and system support and maintenance activities.
• Responsible for the evaluation of existing business methodologies and practices, design and architecture of the PeopleSoft HRMS system and related components. Provided project recommendations working closely with business owners at various management levels.
• Built and maintained department budget within an internal company charge-back system. Budget components included hardware, software and labor costs related to regular, off-shore and contractor staff resources.
• Performed individual Project Management role on projects concurrent with management activities.
• Developed and managed strong business relationships with internal business owner and user clients.
• Partnered with customers to develop new business processes and team procedures and policies.
• Participated in the development of technical standards and the definition of technology architecture for the systems supported by the team.
• Managed client relationships ensuring successful representation, prioritization and deployment of IT projects within the Global IT organization.
• Led and managed regular project status meetings across multiple projects and matrixed organizations.
• Owned and managed contract and vendor initiation, negotiation and selection.
• Regularly prepared and presented executive level presentations and status reports.
• Oversaw integration process of consulting resources and software purchased required for all projects managed by my team.
• Performed Project Management, Business Analysis and general IT consulting services on a contract basis for various Bay Area firms.

Confidential, Redwood City, California

Senior IT Project Manager

Responsibilities:

• Led business process automation / work-flow projects for corporate IT department. Automated employee provisioning, on-boarding and account management at time of hire and termination using TIBCO and Oblix products.
• Led and managed business requirements meetings and process re-engineering consulting meetings with client groups applying work-flow solutions.
• Owned and supported enterprise wide LDAP directory, establishing real time updates to directory data via automated work-flow processes and tools.
• Implemented ProBusiness Confidential system for US based employees. Implemented new system in compressed time frame with no impact to financial organization schedules, dependent systems, or live data interfaces. Developed and executed test plan for entire implementation.
• Implemented ADP’s eTime automated time management system in Redwood Shores studio. Implementation included integration of hardware and software. Implementation was completed in highly compressed deployment window to avoid impact to studio production schedules. Developed and executed test plan for entire implementation.
• Designed and oversaw development of US based automated Confidential interface. Interface fed employee information from the HR PeopleSoft system to the newly implemented ProBusiness system, automating employee pay and related enrollments and deductions Promoted design through HR and IT executive committee to approval.
• Managed offshore development projects for corporate portal functionality builds and corporate java applications.
• Performed business analysis for functional clients and developed technical specification documents for technical development teams.
• Managed vendor relationships for technical products used exclusively in managed projects.
• Presented project status, summaries and proposals to executive staff level of management.

Senior Manager

Confidential

Responsibilities:

• Streamlined global PeopleSoft operations, processes and licensing in support of all Human Resources employee management. Consulted with diverse departments and brokered consistent global solutions to administer HR data.
• Developed consolidated HR management reporting suite and consistent global processes for tracking employee headcount, turnover and recruiting efforts worldwide. Developed web publishing model for presentation.
• Incorporated global data into enterprise wide data warehouse model using Cognos products.
• Designed, contracted, and project managed development and deployment of first corporate web based business applications in the company. Applications supported global compensation programs consisting of annual merit increases, performance bonuses and recognition stock programs. Additionally, designed and project managed a web based system for annual benefits enrollment for US based employees.
• Oversaw maintenance and life cycle model of applications through second and third years of deployment.
• Led company efforts on PeopleSoft Version 8 Upgrade project:
• Served as functional project manager, and functional lead on upgrade project.
• Led efforts of consolidating multiple PeopleSoft installs to one consolidated model, advanced plan through HR and IT executive committee.
• Performed various functional roles in support of project delivery.
• PeopleSoft HR components included Core HR, Base Benefits, manager and employee self-service including eCompensation and eCompensation manager desktop.
• Designed and oversaw deployment of US based HR Intranet and subsequent conversion and build out of HR Portal web site within corporate intranet.
• Performed business analysis for functional clients and developed technical specs for development team.
• Managed departmental budget and oversaw all technology investments and asset management for corporate HR department. Managed staff size of 5-8 employees.
• Owned and managed vendor and consultant relationships to department for consulting contracts and enterprise wide technology.

Confidential, San Francisco, California

Senior Application Development Manager

Responsibilities:

• Oversaw internal department that built and maintained applications for diverse client groups using PC, LAN, client/server, intranet and mainframe based technologies. Acted as project manager and client relationship manager to assigned internal client groups.
• Oversaw corporate application development department serving multiple PG&E client groups. Applications were developed in visual basic, MS access, and mainframe languages. Prepared competitive bids on projects presented to client groups in competition against external firms.
• Built and managed department budget model and ran staff management activities in support of staff of 10-12 company employees and 4-5 contracted resources.
• Project Manager of the MITSS system - a large scale automated meter information monitoring, tracking and billing system.
• Project manager for the development of computerized monitoring and billing of wholesale electric customer base in support of California electric industry deregulation of 1999.
• Designed and project managed one of first web based corporate applications tracking union employee compliance related training and certification history.
• Managed staff responsible for systems administration and application development and maintenance of over 12 other company applications including employee training tracking, department personnel history, tree trimming and maintenance programs, and company construction crew activity management.
• Owned and managed contract and vendor initiation, negotiation, selection and integration process for consulting resources and software purchases required for all projects managed.

Confidential, Menlo Park, California

HRIS Manager

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for all departmental operations of the corporate HRIS department, managing a staff of 9 employees.
• Major department activities included all U.S. personnel transaction processing, administration of SAP and PeopleSoft personnel system, and entire HR records room functions.
• Performed project management of U.S. implementation of PeopleSoft HRMS system.
• Lead functional HR teams in process re-engineering in support of ISO certification.
• Redesigned entire HR intranet, incorporating automated forms, all informational benefits publications, company policies, and other general employee HR reference material.
• Participated as hands on individual contributor role as well to support all facets of HRIS business for the fastest growing database company in the world.
• Converted web job postings from flat text to an Informix web database model.
• Established frequent data audits of HRIS data as well as HR vendor data to promote consistent data integrity.
• Designed and project managed development of an automated salary review tool for managers to administer employee increases.
• Managed applicant tracking resume system and related processes using Resumix system.